For Sophie, who has lived in the UAE for five years, fasting with her students wasn’t the only way she showed solidarity ...

Across Pakistan, you will find areas where local customs and traditions are as important to the people as religion ...

Amid reports of Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman being admitted to hospital due to chest pain, his spokesperson has issued ...

Forced into sexual slavery at age 11, Mayada was sold seven times before she escaped ISIS. There are still 2,600 other women and girls missing in captivity today and their families want justice.

The hijra's contributions enrich the diverse tapestry of Islamic cultural traditions while challenging societal perceptions ...

Jesus believed in the imminent end of the world and the coming of the “Day of the Lord,” but that day never arrived, and ...

Iran, the world’s fifth-largest oil producer and third-largest gas producer, claims its nuclear program is for civilian use.

FROM the rule of the Srivijaya Empire to Melaka’s rise as a bustling entrepôt, and through the occupations that followed the ...

In later centuries, Makkah came to be revered as the centre of the world (if not the universe), as illustrated in the ...

Saharanpur Congress MP Imran Masood has found himself at the centre of controversy after playing Holi with Hindu activists in Deoband during the festival of colours. The Ulema, the Islamic clerics, ...

The Yorùbá people’s history and values are deeply embedded in Ifá corpus, encoded in bi­nary form for processing. They are also preserved in folk songs like hunters’ songs (Ìjálá- Odo), praise poetry ...

Dr Mahmood Kooria is an internationally acclaimed historian and researcher who recently won the Infosys award for social ...